Improvement in cork-screws



entiteit ,ttttr einti- (fettine Letters Patent No.` 109,958, dated December 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFK-SCREWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern l Be it known that I, J ORN A. SMITH, of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and VState of N ew York, have invented a new and improved Cork-Screw; and 1 do hcrebyde'clare that the following is a full, clean-and exact description thereofreieence being hadto'the cation.-

AThe object of this inventionfis to provide for thelmore handy and expeditious drawing ot' corks; and ,t-o thisend, "f

It consists in a novel construction of the handle and combination of the screw therewith, wliereby'the cork-screw can be inserted i-ntothe cork and thecork drawn, and afterward removed-,from theco'rk-scr'ew by a direct push orpull, and without turning the handle,`

in-either operation.

1n theaccolnpanying drawing- E. Figure l'is a side view of a cork-screw constructed according tomy invention, showing it entire, and- Figure 2 is a similar' view, with half of the uppen` part ofthe handle removed. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothigures.

' 'loenable others skilled in the art to make and usc my invention, I will .proceed-to describe its'con'struction and operation with referenceto the drawing.

The handle, made preferably ofbrass or other metal, consists of `two parts, A= and B, one of which, A constituting the handle properor head of the screw, is ot' the same geneial form as that of an ordinall cork-screw handle, but is hollow, and has formed in it a socket, a, which extends downwardly from its central portion.

'lhis part A is divided through the center into pieces, which` are secured together hy screws b b.

` Tile part .B oftheihandlc, which should also be of metal, may be of the form of a bow, or of such other form as to present two arms, under` which two of the fingers may be conveniently placed on Iopposite sides of the shank fof the screw 0,' and is rigidly secured to or formed on said shank.

The screw O isformed with a straight core, e, around which is a thin thread, c, of very rapid pitch,

the lower end of suoli thread terminating in a cuttingedge.

The point of the core c issharpcned, to 'facilitate its entrance into the cork.

On the upper portion of the shank f of the screw is a journai, j, which lits the socket (t.

Above this journal there ison the shank a collar, y, and below it there is a shoulder, l, to confine the screw-to the 'part A oi thejhandle in such manner as to prevent any longitudinal movement ot' the screw relativelyt'o thesjaid part, but'permitt-ing its turning freely within the socket. Toinsert the 'cork-screw into a cork, the part A of thehandic is grasped in thc hand, andthe point ot' the ,cdrkfscrew placed on the cork, and a' direct push given to the handle with sufficient force to enable the screw to Aenter the cork, the shank in thejmcantime turning-in the handle and the 'screw turning in thc cork.' Y

To draw the cork, the fore and second fingersl are V'placed on the part oi' the handle, tokeep the screw v iom turning, while the part A is still grasped in thc hand, and the cork may then be pulled out of the bottlc as with an ordinary cork-screw. After the cork is drawn it is removed `from the screw. by'holding it with one hand and pulling the part A with the other. During this operation the screw turns in the cork and in the handle.

It is obvious-that with i'ny cork-screw a' cork canv \Vitnesses FRED. HAYnns, llnnn. TUscH. 

